‘words (λόγοι, logoi) of THE WORD (Του Λόγου, Tou Logou)’ponders the Sacred Scriptures, the Sacred Liturgy,Fathers of the Church and RCIAas a response to the call for a New Evangelizationthat by the grace of God the Holy Spiritall may encounterGod the Son, Jesus the Incarnate Wordand be drawn in love as adopted children toGod our Father Who is Merciful Love.

Memorial: Saint Teresa of Jesus

“I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.” (Luke 12:8.)

“In the Gospel, the Lord speaks saying, “Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me, even I will deny him.” He does not deny him who denies or acknowledge him who acknowledges. The gospel cannot be firm in part and waver in part. Either both must be strong or both must lose the force of truth. If those who deny will not be guilty of a crime, those who acknowledge him will not receive the reward of virtue. If he crowns the faith that has conquered, he must punish the treachery that has been conquered. If the gospel can be broken, the martyrs can be of no benefit. If the gospel cannot be broken, they who become martyrs, according to the gospel, cannot act contrary to the gospel. Most beloved brothers and sisters, let no one defame the dignity of the martyrs. Let no one destroy their glories and crowns. The strength of an uncorrupted faith is sound. No one can say or do anything against Christ whose hope, faith, virtue and glory are entirely in Christ. They who have performed the commands of God cannot be the authors of anything done by the bishops contrary to the command of God.” (The Lapsed, 20.)

Collect

O God, Who through Your Spirit
raised up Saint Teresa of Jesus
to show the Church the way to seek perfection,
grant that we may always be nourished
by the food of her heavenly teaching
and fired with longing for true holiness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.

Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen

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Fr Mark is a Roman Catholic diocesan priest of the Philadelphia Archdiocese teaching full-time as an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and as an Instructor in the Graduate Counseling Program at Holy Family University in Philadelphia, PA. Having earned a doctorate in Sacred Theology under the guidance of the late Fr Ambrose Eßzer OP at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Rome), Fr Mark also serves the Church as an adjunct professor at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary teaching Patrology and Sacramental Theology. In October 2016, he began serving a term as a consultant to the Communications Committee, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. When not engaged in teaching, he pursues scholarship in the areas of Teilhard de Chardin, Eastern Patrology, Sacred Scripture, Liturgy, RCIA and the New Evangelization. He also devotes some time to increasing skills in the areas of html5, php, mysql, Wordpress and apps as an Apple® and Helix (Macintosh database) developer. Over the years, he has dabbled in the ‘man cave’ of his cabinetry and welding tool shop and, as a former electrician and boilermaker, did volunteer work for a non-profit housing organization.